Organisation: Brussels Commission

A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

ourview

European arrest warrants - Extradition rules need reforming

It isn’t necessary to be a eurosceptic on steroids to have concerns about the European arrest warrant (EAW) system, currently being used — and abused — by Spain’s government to get its Catalan dissidents back from Germany and Britain. Even the European Parliament voiced disquiet about what it described, back in 2014, as the system’s “imperfections”.

comment-analysis

Brexit – what were they thinking?

Brussels briefing

business

EU attacks Govt bail-out plans

world

€2.35bn EU cash is missing

world

Less than 25% to vote in UK's EU elections

Fears over fresh wave of immigrants dismissed

FEARS of a huge wave of immigrants from the new European Union countries were dismissed as unfounded by the Brussels Commission yesterday.

Fri, 27 Feb, 2004

Ireland must defend small EU nations

ANYONE looking to the Taoiseach to open Ireland’s EU presidency by confronting Romano Prodi over his controversial two-tier Europe remark will be sorely disappointed as Mr Ahern was clearly outpunched by the head of the Brussels commission yesterday.

Wed, 07 Jan, 2004

Prodi to move to keep Brussels in charge

Plans to secure the Brussels Commission as the powerhouse of the European Union will be unveiled tomorrow.

Wed, 04 Dec, 2002

Relief in Brussels as Ireland signals 'Yes'

Early signs that Ireland is backing EU enlargement brought sighs of relief at European Commission headquarters in Brussels.

Sun, 20 Oct, 2002

EU bid to stop the brain drain

A £1bn (€1.56bn) plan to plug the European brain drain was today launched by the Brussels Commission.

Tue, 02 Jul, 2002

EU to ban bull bars on new cars

Bull bars will be banned from all new cars under EU pedestrian safety plans due to be approved in Brussels today.

Mon, 26 Nov, 2001

Civil liberties concerns expressed over arrest laws

European leaders are being stampeded by the terrorist threat into approving new EU legal powers which ignore civil liberties, it was claimed today.

Tue, 06 Nov, 2001

Brussels produces new definition of meat

A new definition of the word ‘‘meat’’ will come into force in Ireland in 2003 - courtesy of the Brussels Commission.

Thu, 19 Jul, 2001

France faces EU court over UK beef ban

France was in the dock at the European Court of Justice today accused of breaking EU law by refusing to import British beef.

Tue, 19 Jun, 2001

Jospin backs federal ‘economic government’

French premier Lionel Jospin today stepped into the growing dispute about Europe’s future, calling for a European constitution, an ‘‘economic government’’ and a ‘‘social treaty’’, all run by a ‘‘federation of nation states’’.

Mon, 28 May, 2001

Tesco claims victory in cut-price Levi’s battle

Tesco today claimed victory in the battle to sell cut-price designer-label goods in its supermarkets.

Thu, 05 Apr, 2001